Employees of President Donald Trump's administration face demonstrations, insults, and satire when they are out in public in Washington, D.C., The Washington Post reported.
While other employees of the president have inspired protests, such as political strategist Karl Rove who found several hundred protesters on his lawn in one instance, the Trump administration is notable because of the volume of its employees, and many were not publicly known before the president's inauguration, according to the newspaper.
Recent instances include a bartender following senior Trump adviser Stephen Miller into the street and cursing at him, and on Saturday, Steve Bannon said that a woman in a bookstore called him a "piece of trash."
Some demonstrations happened before the Trump inauguration. Vice President Mike Pence's neighbors hung rainbow banners to protest his opposition to gay rights.
President Trump only appears in public at restaurants he owns or controls and he does not like to appear meek, and has voiced his disapproval of aides who have backed down during public confrontations, according to the Post.
During a Baltimore Orioles game, presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway walked over to a stranger who had mumbled that she was famous "for all the wrong reasons." Conway said she took a photo of him and said she was adding it to her "collection of underachieving men," the Post reported.
People who take aim at the administration are going viral, the Post noted, citing Environmental Protection Agency Chief Scott Pruitt being confronted in a restaurant before his resignation.
"We're in a situation where bad behavior is being rewarded… there are no filters. I don't know where it ends," said Tom Davis, a former Virginia congressman, The Post reported.
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